The Garmilan General Elk Domel is called back from the front lines by Desler and reassigned to the Milky Way Theater with orders to stop the Yamato. When Domel asked a favor from Admiral Gul Ditz, the Supreme Commander of Garmilan Astrofleets, he and General Velte Talan warned him that his sudden rise could attract him enemies. Meanwhile, Susumu and Daisuke have a little spat, irritating Captain Okita and punishing them by having them scrub the ship's floors. Later, as the Yamato approaches the edge of the galaxy, it comes under attack by an extra-dimensional submarine, the one specially requested by Domel.